Korea

Events at the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) have often captured world headlines. Ever since the end of the Korean war in 1953, this 4km wide strip of no man's land splitting the peninsula in two has been one of the world's most hostile borders. At the border on the southern side, we see busloads of tourists eager to catch a glimpse of the secretive North, a country that has been cut off from the rest of the world for nearly 70 years. We hear emotional stories of families separated in the melee of war and daring accounts of people who risked everything to flee the repressive regime in North Korea, many speaking openly for the first time. As well as war veterans, defectors and separated families, we meet world famous artist Sun Mu, his identity a closely guarded secret, who escaped the North. He now uses art to cast a critical eye over the leaders of both North and South Korea.